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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Maech, 1914 



The most successful 

 market gardener today 



is the farmer who invariably runs his garden 

 on the "intensive-plan." 



No farmer can be said to raise cabbage on 

 the intensive-plan unless he uses a real "in- 

 tensive-fertilizer." And a real "intensive- 

 fertilizer" is merely a fertilizer that is ALL 

 FERTILIZER — without filler — without 

 30% to 40% waste. 



Nitrate 

 of Soda 



is Nitrate — all Nitrate. It's fertilizer that's 

 all fertilizer. Because it's 100% active and 

 immediately available. 



Our "cousin European fanners" get phenomenal re- 

 sults by buying material "straight" and mixing them 

 into balanced fertilizers. You can do the same. 

 And save money. 



May we send you "Market Gardening with Ni- 

 trate?" It's an "eye-opener" to every market gardener. 



DR. WM. S. MYERS 



Director Chilean Nitrate Propaganda 



25 Madison Avenue New York 



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rows just as the second rough leaf is started. Drouth 

 or heavy rains do not affect them. This plan gives 

 them a double soil. The manured strips are two 

 feet wide and eight feet apart, making the rows 

 themselves ten feet apart. After the vines have 

 begun to run, when most danger from insect pests 

 is past, I go over the rows and thin them, leaving 

 one plant, the thriftiest to each footstep. I have 

 learned that it is a mistake not to allow plenty of 

 room as crowding results in an excess of vines and 

 a loss of fruit. 



The only pest that is really troublesome with me 

 is the little striped cucumber beetle. Several 

 times during the season I dust on the plants land 

 plaster mixed with sulphur to get rid of these, and 

 I think it also has the effect of keeping away the 

 squash bug which some growers find so troublesome. 

 I do not wait for the insects to appear but apply the 

 plaster and sulphur as soon as the plants are well 

 up, and at intervals thereafter as advisable. An- 

 other practice, not only with this crop but with 

 all vegetables, that enables me to escape many in- 

 sect enemies, is to change the position of the crops 

 each year, never growing the same one in succession 

 on the same ground. • 



Maryland. G. B. 



Horseradish 



HORSERADISH is most easy to grow; all one 

 has to do is to stick into the ground, in any 

 waste or weed-overgrown spot anywhere on his 

 premises, a few pieces of roots, or the crowns from 

 which the edible root part has been removed, and it 

 will grow and grow! It is far more difficult to 

 eradicate the wild sort of horseradish than to set it 

 going, as it spreads rapidly and is next to impossible 

 to get rid of when once it has gained a foothold. 

 Because of its spreading propensity this sort is 

 usually considered a noxious weed. But there is a 

 great difference between this sort of horseradish 

 and the commercial varieties that have been bred 

 and grown fbr profit. With proper care while the 

 crop is growing and at digging time, there is little 

 danger of the improved sorts spreading. 



Every town of any size offers a market for horse- 

 radish at certain seasons of the year and many mar- 

 ket gardeners are making good profits by grating 

 and bottling it for the grocery trade, or for private 

 customers, and manufacturers of condiments use 

 thousands of tons of horseradish roots every year. 



In growing horseradish for manufacturers the 

 aim must be the production of large straight main 

 roots that are not covered with a lot of slim side 

 shoots. To produce these the soil must be clean, 

 deep and loose and special treatment may have to 

 be given even then in order to prevent the growth 

 of a lot of side branches. It is the nature of the 

 horseradish root to produce a large number of side 

 branches, often quite long and slim, and these are 

 worthless for any commercial use except as sets. 



A nice sandy, rather moist loam is what is wanted 

 for commercial horseradish growing. The soil 

 should be worked deeply so that the roots will have 

 ample opportunity to lengthen and enlarge. In- 

 crease the fertility of the soil by heavy feeding with 

 manure. Pieces of the side shoots, perhaps of pen- 

 cil thickness and from five to six inches long, should 

 be obtained and planted in early spring in order 

 that they may have the benefit of a long growing 

 season. Place the sets twenty inches apart in rows 

 three feet apart. Each root should be set deep 

 enough so that when the soil is firmed above it the 

 upper end will be a couple of inches or so below 

 the ground level; a small iron bar can be used in 

 setting the roots. Cultivation should be given 

 until the tops shade the ground. 



The principal root growth of horseradish is made 

 in the fall with the beginning of cool weather and 

 digging should not commence until just before the 

 arrival of freezing weather. The roots run down 

 quite deep, and much pains must be taken in digging 

 to get as much as possible of the straight root. Any 

 side branches that may have grown should be kept 

 for next season's planting. The salable roots can 

 be marketed when dug, or they can be stored in a 

 root-cellar or buried in sand and worked up during 

 the winter. The roots for next season's planting 

 should be stored in the same manner as the salable 

 stock; there is no need to purchase sets after the 

 first season. 



Indiana. W. F. Ptjrdtje. 



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Do You Love The Birds ? 



Song Birds Are 

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Let me help you win some of them to live in 

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Here within one small garden — I've drawn a ring about 

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The Dodson Automatic Feeding; Table for Birds. 

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The Dodson Cement Bird Bath; 32 inches high, basin 

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The Dodson Wren House — Solid oak, cypress shingle 

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The Dodson Purple Martin House. Three stories; 

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I have 20 different Houses, Feeding Tables, Shelters and 

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The Dodson Sparrow Traps arc catching thousands of Sparrows all 

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If you love birds and want to have them live near you, get 

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 Let me send you my illustrated book about birds. If there 

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1209 Association Bids., Chicago, III. 



Mr. Dodson is a Director of the Illinois Audubon Society. 



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